Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-16

souiccs, has pctu largely Ieit through all sue
ceeding ages; and it has TO this day given direc
ton TO thought, and contributed largely tf
mold the characters and the civil institutions O
all the peoples of Europe and their descendant.
IN America and wherever else they NAV BIZ
found on the face of the earth The people O.
that little Republic of Attica, the whole area O
whose territory was only about two.thirds a.
laIgeas that of the county of Santa Clara, il
which our coming University is located exer
clsed greater influence over the civilization
institutions and destinies of modern nation.
than any other people, however great.
. Inc groves of Palo Alto are much larger thar
" Academus' sacred shade" These sturdy. um
brageous oaks, with briarean arms; these stall
wart spreading laurels, and these tall eucalypti
are much grander and more imposing than the
arbor tenants of the grove at Athens. The sol
OF Palo Alto is far richer and more productive
than that of Attica. 1t yields as fine wheat, a!
delicious figs, grapes, olives and other fruits
Its scenery is almost as grand and awe inspiring
ana quite as picturesque It's climate is as dry
Francisquito is as flush and turbulent in winter
II as waterless in its lower reaches in summer
as the two rivulets Ciphissus and Ilissus.
The transparent clearness and coloring of OH
sky is as matches" as that of Attica, and the
azure dome above our heads by day or night i,
as pure and brilliant as the violet crown q
Athens; All our conditions are equally favor
able to health, to physical and mental develon
ment, and to physical and mental endowment
Not an hour in the year is SO cold as to interfere
with mental or physical labor, nor an hour 81
not as to render one languid, indisposed to phys
ical or mental exertion or as TO duh the edpe n
thought. There is not place in our broad 7snG
outside of our own beloved State, where one
can perform so much continuous physical on
mental labor, without WEAKNESS or irksomeness
Should the plans of the founders of the Leland
Stanford, Junior, University be carried ont In
accordance with their grand conceptions. with
such advantages as the location and climate af
ford, why should not students be attracted to its
portals, not only from California but from All
the other States of our vast country nov con.
tanning 6O,000.0O0 of people, and even from for
eign lands? What should prevent our university
from becoming IN the great future the first in
this or any other land? When fully developed
who can estimate its influence for good upop
the destinles of the human race?
word to the founders of the Leland Stanford
of this edifice should be laid on the anniversary
OF the birth of him who, while yet mere
youth, first suggested the founding OF a uni.
verslty-a suggestion upon which you have de-
voted SO large portion of the Accommodations
OF most energetic, active and trying life 1t is
emInently fit that the institution founded and
endowed on that suggestion, should bear his
name. His special mission on earth NAV have
bcen TO wake and set in motion those slumber-
ing sentiments and moral forces which have SO
grandly responded to the impetus given by de-
voting so large a portion of your acquisitions
and the remainder of your lives to the realiza-
ton OF the objects thus indicated. If So his
mission has been nobly performed and it is fit
that both his name and the names of those who
have executed his behests should be enrolled
high upon the scroll of fame and of the bene-
factors of the human race.
You have wisely determined during vour
lives to manage and control, for yourselves, the
funds of the foundation: TO supervise and di-
rect the arrangement and construction of the
buildings and their required adjuncts and to
superintend and give direction to the early de
yelopment and workings of the new university
This is well. He who conceives is the one TO
successfully execute. May you remain among
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you shall see the institution founded by your
bounty firmly established on an immeyable ba-
Sis enjoying a full measure of prosperity. af-
fording the citizen OF your adopted State the
educational advantages contemplated, and dis
pensing to all the blessings and benign influ-
ences that ought to flow from such institutions.
Long may you enjoy the satisfaction afforded by
hopes fully realized. SeII in cdlum Tededtis
Fellow members of the Board of Trustees of
the Leland Stanford, Junior, University: In
accepting this grand trust you have assumed
the most weighty responsibilities, not only to
the founders of the university, but to the chill
dren and youth of this commonwealth and to
their pOsterity in all time to come You have
assumed the guardianship of the vast inherit
ance to which they have fallen heirs. In the
near future, and thenceforth till time shall be
no more, the duty will devolve upon Us and our
to administer this inheritance in
such manner as to accomplish its great end /
cali 10 MIND no instance where SO large an
estate has, at one time, been devoted by the
same persons to the foundation of single insti-
tuition OF a similar character-certainly none to
take effect during the lifetime of the donors.
Since our organization other lands, with ample
water rights and facilities, have been added to
the estate at Palo Alto, especially dedicated rs
the sttHs and future home of the University so
that the tract now embraces about S,4O0 acres
The estate az Nina, set apart for all time as a
source ofrevenue, embraces about IS 900 acres of
which some 400 acres are planted in vines
already i'll bearing, and the remainder is de-
voted TO various other agricultural and grazing
hn Fri 1nt-. tot,
voted largely TO the production of grain en-
braces an area OF about 1900 acres Since our
at an expense of nearly 500 600 a
winery mas been erected at Nina, and furnished
with watts. casks and other appliances for max
ing and handling 100000 gallons of wine-the
product of the vineyards, and other wineries
ana their necessary adjuncts are now in course
OF construction sufficient to afford facilities for
the manufacture and handling of a million pal
Ions. This is in accordance with the statement
made in their address, upon the Organization of
the Board OF Trustees, wherein the founders of
the Leland Stanford Junior University saw :
As a further assurance that the endowment
Will be ample to establish and maintain n ITni
yersity of the highest grade we have, by last
Will and testament, devised TO YOU and YOUR
successors additional property I'VE have done
TINS as security against the uncertainty of life
and in the hope that during our lives the
iall endowment may go to you" The comtem-
platlon OF these facts will suggest some idea of
the magnitude of the responsibilities resting
upon us and our successors. 1t will not only he
our duty to so administer this trust as TO accom-
piish TO the utmost extend possible the desired
END, but also, as the institution is deyeloped bv
time. and its needs become greater than its
resources, as they well may, Notwithstanding
the present munificent endowment il will he
come the further duty OF the Trustees to seek
an enlargement OF its means. by influencing
other public spirited individuals of well to add
to its funds by founding particular colleges or
departments, or contributing to enlarge the
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hundred thousand dollars per annum. con-
siderably more than half of which is derived
from it; investment of funds, received from
time to time from donations by benevolent and
citizens. That of Oxford and
Cambridge amounts to some millions per an
mum.
So in the great future with rapidly increas-
ing millions OF our people, the large amount so
nobly given to this university may become to-
tally inadequate to its wants And in that
event, and even in anticipation of its occurrence
II VIII De the DUTY OF the trustees at all times TO
seek additional endowments. With our means
OF rapid and cheap communication it will be
Tar better to concentrate future benefactions
upon the maintenance of one great and, as
near as possible, perfect university suitably To-
Gated in a healthy and invigorating climate
than to scatter and fritter them away in feeble
Isolated and fruitless smaller efforts
Fellow Trustees, some of us are already well
advanced in years. While ia will, at all times.
be our duty and, | trust, our pleasure to give
when desired, such aid and counsel as we NAV
TO those who conferred the trust il is not at all
that many of us will never be called
upon to engage very actively in a substantial
execution OF that trust Two of our number
nave already responded to the final summons
ihelr places will, doubtless, be wisely filed by
the founders of the university. But in the due
course of nature the active execution of the
trust VIII, sooner or later, devOlve upon some of
US and the successors of the others After which
all vacancies will be filled by the remaining
members of the Board. in supplying such va
tancies great care should be taken to secure
men in the prime of life men of energy and
lixed determined purpose men of intelligence
large attachments, broad views and sound iudg-
ment and discretion: men of large financial
and administrative ability; and, above all,
men thoroughly imbued with the spirit that
promptedth foundation OF the Leland Stanford
Junior, University, and i'll full and active SYM
pathy with all its proposed aims With such
men always to manage and carry out these
great trusts. we may confidently predict an III
innate triumphant consummafion of the objects
sought. Should we succeed in establishing and
fully developing the new university in accord
ance with the conception and purpose of its
as succeed we must, with proper
efforts and proper management, its power for
good Will go on from age to age to
the end of time, increasing and expanding
till no corner of this broad earth will be he,
yond its humaniZipg, elevating and benign In
fiuence. Let us all put forth a united continued
effort to secure consummation so deyoutly to
be wished. When this shall have been dome
and the Leland Stanford, Jr., University shall
have been once securely established upon a firm
and established basis we NAV exelairn with mr.
confidence that the idea will be fully
ESQ PERPETUAL
THE LAYING OF THE STONE.